SPRUZEN E.

Given Names:  Ernest

Service Number:  6596

Unit:  8th Battalion, 21st reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  18 Yrs   

Occupation:  Clerk (Victorian Railways)                                                                           

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Congregational

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7¾ In                  

Weight:  124 Lbs

Chest:  32-34 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  9/8/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Arthur Spruzen

55 Disraeli Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  2/10/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Suevic   

Embarked:  23/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  10/9/1919

Unit:  39th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  25/10/1919                     

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  56233

Victory Medal:  54685

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  27/7/1898

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Arthur SPRUZEN                        

Mother:  Annie Maria JELLIS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1926     

Place:             

Spouse: Benetta Veronica JOHNSTON

DEATH

Date or Year: 25/9/1968                          

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

File amalgamated with WW2 File 3/224

Wounded in action 24/7/1918; gun shot wound, face

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Independent Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX114205                                   

Date Enlisted:  7/11/1942                                        

Date Discharged:  28/7/1953

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